Metal band



A. E. IVIASKREYL METAL'BAND.

APPucATloNYHLED Nov.2s. |913. nENEwED 1AN.29,1921.

Patented Aug. 30, 1921,

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ALFRED E. MASKREY, or CANTON, OHIO, AssIGNoR, BY MEsNE ASSIGNMENTS, orl

ONE-HAM;1 TO KENNET UMSTEAD, or SALEM, OHIO. f

, METAL BAND.

Specification of Letters ,Patent Patented Aug.v so, 1921.

Application led lIIo'veinber 28, 1913, Serial No. 803,519.v Renewed January 29, 1921. Serial No. 441,073.

To all whom z5 may concern.' 4

Be it known that I, ALFRED E. MAsKRnY, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residinc at Canton, inthe county of, Stark and tate of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metal Bands, oi' which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to metal bands of the kind employed for marking owls and other animals, as for instance for encircling the legk of a chicken for carrying a number or other marking thereon; and the object of the improvement is to provide a band of this character which can be readily applied and adjusted to chicken legs of different sizes, and when s0 applied and adjusted will be retained on the leg Without inconvenient or injurious results.

The objects of the improvement, thus brieiiy mentioned, are attained by making the band of pliable sheet metal with a series of spaced recesses pressed or indented along one end portion, and a corresponding protrusion formed or indented on the other end portion for engaging one of the recesses, with lateral tongues on the same end portion for clamping the end portions together on each side of the protrusion when engaged in one of the recesses.

A preferred embodiment of the invention thus set forth in general terms is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, forming part hereof, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the band showing its end portions secured together as-in use;

Fig. 2, a plan View of the metal strip as formed and shaped for making the band;

Fig. 3, an edge view of the same;

Fig. 4;, an annular section of the band as shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 5, a cross section of the band as on line 5 5, Fig. l; and

Fig. 6, a plan view of a modified form of a metal strip showing the recesses cut in one end portion thereof. Y

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the drawing.

The metal strip l or la may be made of aluminum or other pliable metal and when used for encircling the leg of a chicken the band may be made of twenty-six gage metal about three inches in length and one-half inch or less in width.

rIhe series of spaced recesses 2 or 2 are pressed or indented along the middle of one end portion of the strip, and these recesses may be in the form of the stamped indentations '2 having blunt or rounded outer surfaces, as shown in Figs. 1 to 5 of the drawing; or may be in the form of the out out perforations 2, asshown in Fig.`6 of draw- Ing. j j y The protrusion 3 is formed on the other end portion of the metal strip, which protrusion may be conveniently made by stamping or indenting it from the body of the metal, as shown in theseveral figures, and is arranged to enter and engage one of the recesses in the other end when the recess is kbent to form a circular band, one .of the recesses 2 or 2at therein may be engaged with the protrusion 3, and the lateral tongues may be bent and clamped around the Overlapping end portion on both sides of the engaging protrusion; by which means the end portions are securely held together.

It is evident that the metal band thus made and applied is free from an excessive number of folds and is limited to a single thickness of metal, excepting the double thickness where the end portions over-lap, and the triple thicknessY Where the tongues clamp the over-lapped parts together. Furthermore, there are no notches or recesses opening against the leg of the chicken in Which to catch and retain dirt; nor any internal or external protrusions to injure the leg or catch external objects. And finally,

` the series of recesses provide meansfor a the tongues 4 are folded to clamp around the overlapping end portion, the bends of the tongues Will not protrude beyond the Wider middle portion of the band strip.

I claim:

1. A band formed from a strip of pliable sheet metal having a series of spaced recesses in one end portion and a protrusion on the other end portion, and lateral tongues on one of the end portions adapted to be clamped around the other end portion to hold the protrusion in engagement Withone of the recesses when the end portions are overlapped.

2. A handmade of pliable sheet metal with a series of spaced recesses along one end portion, a pair of spaced lateral tongues on each side of the other end portion7 and a protrusion on the same end portion in alinement with the spaces intermediate the tongues, whereby the end portions may be overlapped, the protrusion engaged With one ofthe recesses, and the tongues clamped upon the overlapping end portion.

3. A band formed from a strip of pliable sheet metal having a series of spaced recesses in one end portion and a protrusion on the other end portion, and lateral tongues on one of the end portions adapted to be clamped around the other end portion to `hold the protrusion in engagement with one of the recesses when the end portions are overlapped, the end portions of the strip being narrower than the middle portion thereof, so that the clamped tongues will not protrude beyond the adjacent edges of the band.

4. A labeling band having in combination interengaging means on its opposite ends, and means formed integrally With one end of the band for holding the other end of the band lapped thereupon with the interengaging means in engagement With each other.

y ALFRED E. MASKREY.

Witnesses: i

ELFRIEDE SCHMIDT, LOUISE M. Conny. 

